The CX7000 Embedded PC can be used as a high-performance and cost-effective compact controller with the TwinCAT 3 software generation and can be expanded as needed via Bus Terminals or EtherCAT Terminals.

EtherCAT Terminal product range for energy management expanded

With the optimally scalable EtherCAT Terminals for energy management, a wide range of tasks can be solved in the areas of power monitoring and process control as well as mains monitoring and maintenance.

Beckhoff Automation increases turnover by 19% to 810 million euros

Beckhoff at Light + Building: TwinCAT 3 Building Automation – the new generation in building control

The new software generation of building control: TwinCAT 3 Building Automation. In combination with TwinCAT HMI, IoT, Analytics or Scope modules, this solution bundles all software modules needed for building automation in one universal tool, creating possibilities for engineering and control of all building systems.

The successful entry-level class of touch panels from Beckhoff has been expanded to include new device options with a larger 10.1-inch user interface to complement the 7-inch models established on the market.

The EL3783 power monitoring oversampling terminal from Beckhoff provides detailed current and voltage values for 3-phase power grids up to 690 V AC, while meeting demanding requirements in wind turbine applications.

PC-based control for process automation: HART functionality integrated in TwinCAT software and I/O system

CPX Series: Control Panels and Panel PCs for use in hazardous areas

Available as integrated or standalone models, the explosion-proof Control Panel solutions in the CPX series combine high-quality build and elegant design with advanced, capacitive multi-touch Technology.

New ELX EtherCAT Terminals for direct connection of field devices located in Zones 0, 1 and 2

Process technology and automation combined into one system: The new ELX series EtherCAT Terminals feature intrinsically safe inputs/outputs and enable direct connection of field devices located in hazardous areas up to Zone 0/20.

Beckhoff at ISE: System-integrated – PC-based control combines media and building control on a single platform

With PC-based control from Beckhoff, all multimedia and building services applications are combined on a central control platform – with significantly reduced hardware and software costs and options for direct cloud interfacing.

The ultra compact C6015 IPC is three times smaller than the C6905, previously the smallest Beckhoff control cabinet Industrial PC. Equipped with up to four cores, the fanless controller is ideally suited for applications with requirements for high performance in space-constrained environments.

With new EtherCAT measurement technology modules, Beckhoff charts the course for its next generation of high-precision I/Os for measurement applications. The analog input modules in metal housings integrate high-end measurement technology directly into the standard I/O system.

Beckhoff at Prolight + Sound: Open Control Architecture integration for seamless communication with professional audio systems

By integrating Open Control Architecture, the vendor-independent standard for controlling professional audio and video systems, Beckhoff is further consolidating its expertise in the area of media Technology.

Also beneficial in the field of stage and entertainment technology, TwinCAT Analytics’ capabilities for comprehensive and synchronised data capture and seamless analysis of online and offline condition values enable both predictive maintenance and long-term data archiving.

Beckhoff opens technology centre in "Silicon Valley"

Beckhoff opened a new Technical Center in Silicon Valley in April 2016 alongside high-profile research institutions and innovation drivers in the IT and high-tech industries. Thus, Beckhoff once again demonstrates the approach of leveraging the convergence of IT and automation technology for the benefit of industrial applications.

Business administration and automation processes are streamlined at the Industrie 4.0 demonstrator at the SAP booth. The order processing communication uses a plug-and-produce service-oriented architecture (SOA) based on standard OPC UA.

In addition to the configuration of the control, TwinCAT Building Automation also enables the configuration of hardware modules via the new Box Configurator.

The enclosure, protection class and material of the eXtenable Room Box are freely selectable, depending on the place of use. The user can order the Box completely pre-wired with the installation drawing and circuit diagram – as an industrially and individually prefabricated plug-and-play solution.

Beckhoff at ISE Integrated Systems Europe: Open Control Architecture integration for seamless communication with audio systems

With the integration of Open Control Architecture, a vendor-independent standard for controlling professional audio and video systems, Beckhoff once more expands its expertise in the area of media Technology.

TwinCAT Analytics provides a variety of application scenarios: storage and analysis of data directly on the local control, in private networks or in the Public Cloud. The analytics server can analyse several machines in the factory at once. The machine manufacturer or external analysts can get the data in various file formats or securely retrieve the data from TwinCAT Analytics Cloud Storage in the cloud.

Based on comprehensive and cycle-synchronous data recording, the new TwinCAT Analytics solution enables seamless online and offline analysis of machines and production data.

Industrial PC: The new price/performance class for PC-based control technology

HMI: Simple, open and HTML5-based – TwinCAT HMI

TwinCAT HMI makes it fast and easy to create individualised user interfaces through integration in Visual Studio®. Irrespective of the display device and operating system, the HMI can be directly configured in a familiar engineering environment without programming.

Beckhoff at Husum Wind: Première – Easy engineering with TwinCAT Wind

The TwinCAT 3 Wind Framework combines Industry 4.0 technologies with the proven Beckhoff wind industry expertise. TwinCAT Wind enables manufacturers of wind turbines to quickly and easily program their systems themselves. All important functions are integrated into one software package: from management and state machine through event management and database connection to simulation.

Many-core control with TwinCAT 3: Easily distribute numerous complex functions in a control system with up to 256 processor cores

Together with TwinCAT 3.1 automation software, the C6670 industrial server from Beckhoff provides the ideal platform for integrating Condition Monitoring and energy management functions into the control system. Coupled with options for adding PLC, Motion Control, robotics and CNC functions, the C6670 is well-equipped to meet the demanding requirements of Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 applications.

Through the extended properties of the standard portfolio of EtherCAT Terminals from Beckhoff, high-performance EtherCAT communication can be used under challenging mechanical loads and extreme environmental conditions without added costs.

Beckhoff at Ligna: A competitive edge for the furniture industry – Industry 4.0 with PC-based control from Beckhoff

Today already, the open PC-based control technology from Beckhoff provides the furniture industry with efficient basic technologies enabling the horizontal and vertical communication in Industry 4.0 production Networks.

The new smart NovoCon™ actuator from Danfoss for flow control, flow-rate indication and alarms can be seamlessly integrated into the building automation system via BACnet or Modbus using a Beckhoff Panel PC.

PC-based control provides a modular and finely scalable platform for the acquisition of energy consumption data and measurement values including secure, standards-based communication with Cloud Systems.

Industrial PC: Customer-specific multi-touch panels

From left to right: The Control Panels in customer-specific variants offer state-of-the-art multi-touch functionality and sophisticated, individual design, as shown by the operating panel designed for Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG. However, even the standard variants can be adapted to meet individual requirements, for example with electro-mechanical push-buttons or as industry-specific operating units for the packaging industry.

Beckhoff at SMM, Germany: PC-based Control – the universal control solution for shipbuilding

With its excellent price-performance ratio, the CX5100 compact Embedded PC with multi-core technology is suitable for use in a broad range of control tasks on board ships. The CPU, based on the latest Intel® Atom™ generation, offers sufficient processing power to implement PLC and Motion Control applications with and without visualisation.

Beckhoff at WindEnergy Hamburg, Germany: PC-based Control – the complete system for all wind industry requirements

The devices in the new CX5100 Embedded PC series are ideally suited for use as the central control platform in wind turbines. Equipped with up to four processor cores and a directly attached I/O system, they offer high performance at a lower price range.

Beckhoff at Automatica: PC-based Control – Efficient integration of robot kinematics in standard control systems

Beckhoff at Interpack: Resource-efficient packaging with PC-based Control and XTS

In combination with the XTS eXtended Transport System, PC-based control opens the door to new ways of saving on packaging material. The example shown combines the benefits of horizontal and vertical form, fill and seal machines to deliver high process speed and fast tool changes with no mechanical intervention. XFC and XTS make it possible to place the seal as closely to the product as possible by synchronizing printing marks with the sealing guillotine.

Beckhoff opens subsidiary company in the Czech Republic

The ‘Amper 2014’ trade show for electrical engineering, which took place in March in Brno, offered the newly founded Beckhoff Česká republika s.r.o a very good opportunity to gain new business contacts.

(from left) Tomáš Halva, Managing Director of the Beckhoff subsidiary company in the Czech Republic established on 1 March 2014, and Jens-Olaf Brede, Area Sales Manager from the Beckhoff Headquarters in Germany

Fast and precise PC-based control and regulation technology, and the innovative XTS drive system from Beckhoff provide the ideal foundation for high-quality, flexible and resource-saving packaging machines.

Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Beckhoff at Hannover Messe

At Hannover Messe 2014 Hans Beckhoff welcomes German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, this year’s official partner country of the fair.

Hans Beckhoff demonstrates to Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, an Embedded PC as one the core technologies of PC-based control.

The delegation of the Federal Chancellor during the opening tour (from left to right): Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister of Education and Research, Jos Out, Managing Director of the Dutch Beckhoff distributor Industrial Automation Link BV, Mark Rutte, Angela Merkel, Hans Beckhoff, Friedhelm Loh, President of the German ZVEI association, Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony.

SOA-PLC: Intelligent devices for Smart Factories

Through the combination of IEC-61131-3 functions and OPC UA service, Beckhoff offers an “SOA-PLC” for efficient, data-consistent, secure and standardised communication. Calls to the PLC can be initiated from other devices or from services of the IT level or the cloud via the remote procedure call.

Two new SMI master terminals, the KL6831 and the KL6841, flexibly integrate the SMI bus system into the Beckhoff building controller. Roller shutters and blinds can be driven up or down according to the position of the sun or driven to defined positions and exact angles. In conjunction with an intelligent energy and lighting management system, the heating and/or cooling power consumption can be reduced and the light regulation can be optimised to ensure glare-free living and working areas.

Beckhoff at K: XMold – The system solution for high precision in injection molding

The XMold system solution for demanding injection molding applications has a 15.6-inch Panel in portrait mode. The large screen area with touch function enables the clear visualisation of the process and offers the optimum in ergonomic operating quality.

Beckhoff at EMO: The compact high-performance CNC on the DIN rail

The open, PC-based control architecture from Beckhoff enables flexible programming. With the CX2040 Embedded PC it brings multi-core potential to the DIN rail. PC control with Intel® Core™ i7 @2.1 GHz, quad-core, offers a PC-based CNC with integrated I/O level, including motion terminals for connecting servomotors, in a compact design.

IP 67 I/O system: EP3744 differential pressure measuring box

Beckhoff at EMO: Open CNC architecture with TwinCAT 3

The open TwinCAT 3 architecture offers users the option to choose the language that is best suited for the task at hand. Modules written in different languages can communicate in real-time via the TcCOM interface.

Industrial Ethernet: 10 years of EtherCAT

Beckhoff at Ligna: The all-in-one control solution from Beckhoff for woodworking

The most advanced high performance PCs, EtherCAT as a universal fieldbus
system, and TwinCAT as a uniform engineering tool are the components of the
Beckhoff automation platform which offers a highly flexible and scalable all-in-one
solution from control to drive technology for the wood industry.

Industrial PC – C69xx

The C69xx Industrial PC series is extremely compact, has a sturdy aluminium housing and offers a wide performance range, from the very small, fanless C6915 with Intel® Atom™ CPU to the C6930 series with processors ranging up to Intel® Core™ Duo or Core™2 Duo and on-board SATA RAID-1 controller.

Drive Technology – AS1xxx stepper motor series

As an affordable alternative in the small to medium performance range, the stepper motors from the AS1xxx series with torques from 0.38 Nm to 5 Nm are especially suitable for use as actuators or auxiliary axes in mechanical engineering and automation technology.

Industrial Motherboards

TwinCAT 3 – PLC, NC, CNC and robotics runtime systems

The TwinCAT 3 software system turns almost any PC-based system into a real-time controller with multiple PLC, NC, CNC and/or robotics runtime systems. It extends standard automation by support for programming in C++ and Matlab®/Simulink® as well as measurement technology and Condition Monitoring functionality.

Industrial PC – Series in a stainless steel finish

The CP77xx Panel PCs and the CP79xx Control Panels in a stainless steel finish with gap-free housing design comply with the strict hygiene regulations of the food and packaging industries, medical technology and cleanrooms.

TwinSAFE – EK1960 TwinSAFE Compact Controller

Drive Technology – eXtended Transport System (XTS)

The eXtended Transport System (XTS) replaces mechanical components by software functions and makes do with four simple components: any number of motor parts that form linear path segments as well as any number of movers, TwinCAT automation software and an Industrial PC.

Bus Terminals

With the Bus Terminals Beckhoff offers a fieldbus-neutral I/O system that can be used extremely flexibly: more than 400 signal types as well as 25 different fieldbuses and Industrial Ethernet systems are supported.

Drive Technology – eXtended Transport System (XTS)

Bus Coupler

As the ‘brain’ within the Bus Terminal system, the Bus Coupler is the interface between the I/Os and all established fieldbuses as well as industrial Ethernet systems such as EtherCAT, PROFINET and EtherNet/IP.

The AM8800 servomotor series has a stainless steel housing with a hygienic design in accordance with the EHEDG guidelines and is thus ideally suited for use in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

EtherCAT Box – Series in a stainless steel finish

The EtherCAT Box Modules in a stainless steel finish offer a fully hygienic design with IP 69K protection and are thus ideally suited for applications in the food, chemical or pharmaceutical industries.

A special feature of the AM8000 servomotor series is the One Cable Technology (OCT), combining power and feedback system in the standard motor cable and thus significantly reducing material and commissioning costs.

The new AG2800 series planetary gears in stainless steel finish supplement the AM8800 stainless steel servomotors to form complete drive axes with Hygienic Design for use in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

The new generation of multi-touch Panels from the CP2xxx and CP3xxx series is optionally extendable with electromechanical buttons. Key functions such as emergency stop operations can be executed via hardware components.

Industrial PC: New display sizes increase multi-touch versatility

The CP3xxx Control Panel product lines with multi-touch were extended by versions with 7", 12" and 21.5" display and now cover an extremely wide range of applications. The new display sizes are also available as built-in versions.

The new EL2595 LED terminal from Beckhoff enables LED obstacle lights on wind turbines to be integrated in the existing control system. It enables high-precision control of LED lamps and system- and wind farm-wide synchronisation of obstacle lights.

Measurement applications with demanding requirements in terms of accuracy and dynamics can now be seamlessly integrated into a standard control system with new EL3314-0010 and EL3356-0010 EtherCAT Terminals with 24 bit resolution from Beckhoff.

Beckhoff at Husum WindEnergy 2012: Exceptionally efficient control of wind turbines with PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology

A powerful controller is available in PC-based automation technology that unites all components of a wind turbine – such as operational management and control of pitch, generator, converter and brake, as well as Condition Monitoring and farm networking – on a single platform.

New Beckhoff subsidiary founded in New Zealand

From left: Kai Ristau, Head of International Sales and Business Development at Beckhoff Automation; Neil Pearce, Country Manager of Beckhoff New Zealand; Steven Sischy, Managing Director of Beckhoff Australia and Hans Beckhoff, Managing Director and Owner of Beckhoff Automation

The Synchronous Servomotors from the AM8000 series have been supplemented by the AM8021 with a standstill torque of 0.5 Nm and the AM807x in three overall lengths with standstill torques ranging from 25 – 65 Nm.

The new Beckhoff EQxxxx stainless steel EtherCAT Box modules with IP 69K protection are ideal for use directly on the machine in areas with high hygiene requirements. Digital input and output modules in different channel densities as well as combination modules cover a broad range of I/O requirements.

Drive Technology – rethought: XTS – eXtended Transport System

The XTS eXtended Transport System from Beckhoff is ideal for individual product transport applications with a continuous flow of material. Due to its compact size, the energy efficiency can be increased and the footprint of a machine significantly reduced.

Infrastructure components: Media converter optimised for use in EtherCAT networks

The EtherCAT media converters meet the requirements for a highly deterministic EtherCAT network. They are useful wherever EtherCAT is to be transmitted over long distances or where increased electromagnetic interference is to be expected.

Balance 2011: Turnover increases by 34 % to 465 million Euros

Building Automation: Smart Grid meets PC-based Control

Beckhoff controllers are already “Smart Grid Ready” today thanks to the TwinCAT system and because they can be adapted to future requirements of an intelligent electricity market through the use of application-specific software and hardware function blocks.

Building Automation: Beckhoff extends room controller series with an even more powerful variant

With the new BC9191-0100 room controller, Beckhoff is extending its range of compact devices for room automation with a powerful variant for the execution of larger application programs. The controller has an integrated PLC as well as the sensor/actuator interfaces required for room control. It additionally integrates an RS485 sub-interface in order, for example, to connect room control devices, weather stations or electric door openers via serial protocols such as Modbus RTU.

Building Automation: TwinCAT HVAC library extended to include building automation library

The TwinCAT HVAC library for the control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems has been extended with functions from the field of room automation. The software modules for shading, lighting, ventilation, heating and cooling can be combined in relation to time and presence.

Beckhoff at IFAT Entsorga 2012: PC-based Control – one control platform for all communication standards

The Embedded PCs from Beckhoff offer a compact, high-performance control solution for a wide range of applications in the water and wastewater industry. The Bus Terminals can be mounted directly on the control system and support connection of all common sensors and actuators for precise process parameter acquisition.

Beckhoff at Prolight + Sound 2012: PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology – the universal platform for all systems

New Beckhoff items at Prolight + Sound: highly-dynamic servomotors, for example for driving backdrop or point hoists, universal I/O terminals for sensors and actuators as well as multi-touch displays for operating and control tasks.

Beckhoff is bringing a compact solution for energy data acquisition onto the market in the KL6781 M-Bus master terminal: electricity, water or gas meters with an M-Bus interface are simply integrated into the fieldbus-independent Bus Terminal system, making external M-Bus gateways superfluous. The energy consumption of a building can be significantly optimised on the basis of the exact acquisition of energy consumption data.

Beckhoff is extending its vast portfolio of Bus Terminal solutions with manual operating modules for mounting on the outside of control cabinet doors. These digital and analog I/O modules enable the convenient operation and observation of process data as well as easy manual intervention without opening the control cabinet. A total of four different function modules are available for the manual operating level.

Embedded PC CX9020: Compact PC Control for a wider range of applications

The new CX9020 Embedded PC from Beckhoff is a compact, high-performance controller based on a 1 GHz ARM Cortex™ A8 CPU. Due to its excellent price-to-performance ratio, the CX9020 is ideally suited for automation and visualisation tasks in small- and medium-sized machines or buildings.

TwinCAT 3 released!

Following the detailed beta phase, TwinCAT 3 will be released at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011. Embedded in Microsoft Visual Studio®, TwinCAT 3 offers the possibility to use C/C++ in addition to the IEC 61131 languages in order to program and debug applications in real-time.

The EK1818 EtherCAT Coupler integrates 16 additional I/O connection points for up to 12 digital I/Os in a standard Bus Coupler housing and is therefore particularly well suited for applications with a small number of I/Os and cramped space conditions.

Drive Technology: The new AM8000 servomotor integrates the feedback system and power into one standard motor cable

More possibilities on the DIN rail: CX2000 with multi-core CPU and PCI Express

The new CX2000 series from Beckhoff: Embedded PCs with one to four processor cores, suitable for PLC, NC and CNC. The multi-core capability of the new CX2000 generation is naturally optimised for use with the new TwinCAT 3 software from Beckhoff. Now not only the operating system, but also the real-time controller can be distributed to different processor cores.

Power monitoring terminal for the highly precise measurement of voltage and current

The fast 3-phase power monitoring terminal enables the highly precise measurement of DC and AC voltages and currents. The raw measured value data are made available to the higher-level controller for analysis.

TwinCAT 3 – convenient embedding of CNC in the overall system

EtherCAT Box enables a free choice of encoders

The EP5101 EtherCAT Box is an interface for the direct connection of incremental encoders with differential inputs (RS485). Due to the optional interpolating microincrements functionality, the EP5101 can supply highly precise axis positions for dynamic axes.

Beckhoff at Motek 2011: Compact drive solutions up to 5 A directly in the Bus Terminal

Compact drive technology in the Bus Terminal: the Beckhoff I/O systems enable the direct integration of servo, stepper and DC motors. This results in a considerable simplification of cabling and commissioning as well as a reduction in space requirements.

High-end measurement technology as an integral component of the EtherCAT terminal system. The modular I/O system contains numerous measuring terminals, from the high-precision thermocouple or weighing terminal to the Condition Monitoring module.

PC-based Control for woodworking machines: more flexible engineering with TwinCAT 3

Every step in the woodworking process can be controlled using PC-based control technology from Beckhoff. Functions such as “flying saw”, “cam plates” and CNC as well as industry-specific solutions such as “drill optimisation” are either integrated in the TwinCAT control software or available as additional software modules.

The new EL3413 EtherCAT power measurement terminal is yet another advancement in the field of power measurement technology from Beckhoff, in order to better meet the requirements for the generation of regenerative energy in particular. Higher voltages, electrically isolated current inputs and harmonic analysis make the EL3413 the ideal tool for simple grid monitoring and analysis.

TwinCAT 3: Flexible choice of programming languages

The new safety editor is part of the TwinCAT 3 engineering environment, which is fully integrated in Microsoft Visual Studio®. TwinCAT 3 includes all the tools required for the safety process in a single software offering: configuration, programming (FBD/C), diagnostics and the TwinSAFE Calculator.

MULTIVAC handling module based on PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology from Beckhoff

Beckhoff EtherCAT Box system

The new EP4374 EtherCAT Box combines two analog inputs and two analog outputs in a single, compact housing. The input and output channels can be parameterised independent of each other for the standard signals 0...10 V, ±10 V, 0...20 mA and 4...20 mA. This combination I/O module optimises the utilisation of the available channels and offers machine manufacturers a high degree of flexibility.

PC Control – high performance platform for complex tasks in the construction of wind turbines

Based on robust and scalable PC and EtherCAT technology, Beckhoff supplies universal control solutions for all areas of application in wind turbines, from pitch control and the operational management of tower and nacelle through to the farm networking and the control room – both onshore and offshore as well as in extreme climatic regions.